Hello everyone... I just had a question if anyone on here would know if the dealership could be held responsible for selling me a car with the wrong size tires on it... I mean I have no proof that they are the wrong size and am only going by some people who have told me and because I hit a small pot hole which destroyed one of my wheels already and put a bubble on my back tire as well... But yesterday I was at the Dodge Dealership and they gave me a list of whats standard on my car and The tire size was different..... the stock tire size is suppose to be:. 205/50R17 and the tires that are on my car are.. 205/40zR17 84W now the dodge dealership told me I should try and talk to the salesmen who sold me the car at Colonial Chevrolet and I did and he highly doubts they will be responible for it since they didnt put those tires on it and they think they are prolly the right size and just low profile...and I need to call him back tomororw after he talks to the general manager if I wanna find out for sure... but he is 99.99 percent sure he wont be responsibe... now I am wandering if there is anyway or where I can find out if these aftermarket tires are the incorrect size and too small for my car.. I just wanna try to find sum proof if there is any so I can use it against them or if I find out that they cant do nething and the size is safe with my car and I shouldnt bother...

Thank you!
-Bryan

 

dude, you curbed a tire.... I don't think you can blaim it on the tire size... it happens man, we've all been there before.

 

You can check the tire size by looking on the sticker in the door jams.

 

You bought a used car though, you can't expect OEM equipment on it. Look at how many people on here have gone with a more common aftermarket size. The guy is right, the dealership is off scott-free on this one since it's a used car.

And tires are the first thing I look at when even browsing used cars, especially performance oriented cars. That probably gives you more potential information about how the car was driven by the previous owner. Can't tear apart the engine, you MIGHT feel clutch slip but maybe not. But say you look at a car with < 10,000 miles on it and new tires......should raise some eyebrows. Or even worse, low-ish mileage with bald non-OEM tires.

 

Your stock tire size is 205/50/R17

 

yea stocks are those but the ones that are on it are 205/40/R17 ... I actually had to fill air in them once before I hit the pot hole... and I know the dealership has nothing to do with the pot hole and I cleary told them I understand that cuz they aretn the ones who hit the hole... IM just saying if the right size tires were on there in the first place the rims might not have been damaged at all or the wheel may not even have popped.. Im just wandering if that size is a correct fit for a low profile aftermarket tire swap

 

your current tires are 6.5% smaller than stock

Thats about an inch and a half smaller in diameter

 

yea.. can that be a risk for daily driving?

 

not a risk.. slightly rougher ride and change in speedometer accuracy. personally i would hold the dealer accountable as when i work on a used vehicle. if the car retains factory wheels if will be sold with oem tire size. but...many dealers are different and this may be a complete lost cause.